Spacer and holder for heating-pipes.



PATENTED JUNE 19, 1 906.

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W. P. HUSSEY. SPACER AND HOLDER FOR HEATING PIPES. rrmouxon FILED JULY 13. 1905.

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William. Hussey.

No. 823,869. PATBNTED JUNE 19,1906.

W. P. HUSSEY. SPACER AND HOLDER FOR HEATING PIPES.

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APPLICATION FILED JULY 13, 1906.

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UNITED PATENT :OFEIGE.

WILLIAM 'P. HUSSEY, OF 'INDIANAPOLISj INDIA A'ssIGNOR To STANDARD 'DRY-KILN COMPANY; OF- INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA, A

OORPORATION OF INDIANA.

-YSPAOER AND HOLDER- FOR HEATING-PIPES.

' Specification of'Letters Patent.

H Patented June 19,1906.

- Application at Jur 13, 1905. Serial No. 269,568.

7 f Indianapolis,county of Marion, 'andStatefof "Indiana, have inventeda certain new and useful Spacer and liolder for Heating-Pipes; and I do hereby decl'are'thatthe'followingis a full ,"clear," and exact description thereof',

*convenient spacer and" holder for :theiiidireference being {had to "the accompanying drawings, in which'like figuresrefer to like Parts. i The object 'of'this'invention is to provide a vidual heating' pip'es of af'heating system.

lthas been made and adapted especially for use in lumber-driers'ai1d "'other driers where len thy heating pip'e's are employed in double layers.

' 'One' featureof the 'inveriti'onconsists in providing a spacer and holder that will hold two s-eri'es of pipes, a lower and an upper se-' ries, and preferably in such position that the upper pipes will not'be' over'thc lower pipes, but the pipes of thetwoseries will alternate.

. The arrangement is also such that the pipes will lie loosely in the-holder, and therefore with this construction the pipes in driers and companying drawings and the following de- .the ends.

scription and claims.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a side view of a seriesof pipes mounted on my spreader and holder, one pipe being shown elevated in the middle and the pipes being broken. away at Fig. 2 is a perspective view of a portion of the pipes and support, parts being broken and cut away. Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the spacer and holder with the pipes in place and shown in cross-section. Fig. 4. is a perspective view'of the adjacent ends of two sections of the spacer and holder, showing them side-lapping. Fig. 5 is a transverse section through a spacer, the upper portion thereof being in elevation.

In detail, 10. represents a transverse channelbar supported by brackets '11*,' see11redt0 uprights 22. In" a lumber 'drier there'is a number .ofthe uprights 22 and cross-bars10,

and upon thesecross-bars 10 itis desirable-to mount a series of heating-pipes 12. These "are quite long in 1fumber-dri'ers"say' seventy or'eighty' feet in' ler'igth. The spacer and holderfor saidpipesconsists of a base plate 1.3 of substantially the Width of'the top' 'oithe bar 10 and adapted to'rest longitudinally thereon. Along each "side it has laterally- ;extending'ears 14, from which lugs 15 extend downward, 'as shown in Fig.5. Theselugs on each side arelaced threebrfourfinclies apart,-so that thefsp ee 'mey be placed upon "or be l'ongitudinally-slidable upon the bar 10.

It is left loose thereon. Upon the plate 13 a SIIGSOi stands 17 is'securedfthelowerpart of the series being when taken together serpeiitrneini side elevation,"substantially as "shown-in Fig. Between the'ad-ja 'c'uit stands there is a 'sp'aceleft'for'receiving and h'OIding the pipe -'12 and upon" each stand there is a semicircular pipe-holder 18. The semicircular pipe-holder 18 and the stands, the plate 13, the lugs 15, and, in fact, all parts of the spacer are cast integral. Therefore the parts marked 18 hold the upper series of pipes12 so that the upper pipes are not over the lower pipes and there is ample opportunity for the circulation of air between said pipes and the escape of the heat.

The width of the holder under the ipes is sufficient, as compared with the length of the hold, to prevent tipping of the holder during the expansion and contraction of the pipes. To accomplish this end, thelower part of the upper semicircular pipe-holders 18 have latorally-extending ears 19. It is observed that the lower pipes rest closely upon the base plate 13, and therefore near the bar 10,'and the upper pipe-holders 18 are not far removed from the base-plate 13. The nearness of the pipe-holding bearings to the base- 7 body of pipes supported by a spacer or a number of spacer-sections'on a beam maybe moved laterally by merely sliding the spacer upon the beam. Likewise, any one of the pipes is readily accessible. This is illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2. Any pipe can be lifted up in the middle or along its length sufliciently far to enable the workman to work upon it, repair it, and replace it. As seen in. Fig. 2, by lifting one top pipe over upon a lower pipe and the adjacent top pipe in the other direcv tion upon a lqwer' pipe the lower pipe between said removed pipes can be readily reached and lifted up and placed upon a crosspiece, where it will be held during its repair.

This upward lifting of the pip-eds shown in Fig. 1.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination with heating pipes and a bar for supporting the same, of a spacer consisting of a base-plate. resting on said bar, means thereon for holding the pipes, and lugs extending downward on each side of said supporting-bar.

2. The combination with heating pipes and a bar for supporting the same, of a spacer consisting of a plate adapted to rest upon said bar, lugs extending downward therefrom on each side of said bar, and pipe-holders on said plate with the parts thereof under the pipe wider than said plate, whereby the creepingof the pipes will not tilt or dislocate the spacer.

3. The combination with heating pipes and a bar for supporting the same, of a spacer consisting of a plate adapted to rest upon said bar, a series of pipe-holding stands secured thereto the adjacent stands being spaced apart and forming pipe-holders therebetween and a pipe-holder upon each stand, whereby it will support an upper and a lower series of pipes and the pipes of the two series will all be in different vertical planes.

4[ The combination with heating pipes and a bar for supporting the same, of means for spacing and holding the pipes consisting of a plurality of sections, the adjacent ends of which side lap and have a pipe-bearing so that a pipe resting upon said side-lapping ends will hold the sections together.

' In witness whereof I have hereunto aiiixed my signature in the presence of the witnesses herein named.

' WILLIAM P. HUSSEY. Witnesses:

FRANK J. LAHR, I I V. H. LOOKWOOD. f; j 

